My work setup is very different than the one in my home, essentially because that way I can try different things, instead of buying the same amp twice I can try two different amps. Another difference is that at home I have a hybrid setup with speakers and headphones while at work it's only headphones. My work setup started small with a Fulla, then I replaced it with a Jotunheim, after some time I replaced it with an Audio-GD R2R 11, those two are very similar but the Jotunheim has better amp and the R2R 11 has better DAC, then after sometime I had both at the same time using the R2R 11 as a DAC and the Jotunheim as amp, and the last upgrade was to replace the Jotunheim with a Woo Audio WA6-SE. So right now it takes like 1/5 of my desk and it's better than my home setup where I have a Bifrost with the Jotunheim. At the end I have decided to have my best headphone setup at work because there is where I spend more time listening with headphones. BTW the WA6-SE is huge, and a lot of people ask about it and try to touch the tubes.
eliraI absolutely love that you have a WA6-SE on your desk. I need more coworkers like you. I've gone from X3ii/E12a + MDR 7550 to a dragonfly 1.2>O2>IE800 to just using my MDR 1000x via bluetooth. The vast majority of critical listening is done at home these days, I just use them at work for reprieve from the office chatter. Most of my days are spent in meetings or on conference calls so headphone time is limited.
Edit: Use my V20 if I decide to run something wired while at work these days.
Though it's tiny, it manages to power even high ohm headsets with amazing accuracy. It works great with the drop usb-c to usb-c and my Phillips shp-9600. Soon enough I'll be using the Akoustyx...
I have an external amplifier with no integrated DAC and I only have an xduo xa10 as a dac/amp can I use the xduo xa10 as a dac only with an external amplifier?
So I bought the HD6xx a few weeks back and when I finally got the packages i got some Noir 99. ever happened to any of u guys and how did it get resolved
Edit: Use my V20 if I decide to run something wired while at work these days.